Re: Having .emacs distinguish betweeen LaTeX and XeLaTeX

[Teemu Likonen]

* Haines Brown [2012-05-27 07:00:44 -0400] wrote:

> Is it possible to something comparable to this if construction in
> .emacs init? I know nothing of lisp, but guess it would be something
> like:
>
>    ( if 
>         (search-forward "\usepackage*fontspec") or
>         (search-forward "\usepackage*polyglossia")
>      (setq TeX-engine 'xetex))

If you know nothing of Lisp this may not help you but I'll paste my
settings anyway. It could be modified to match your needs.


    (add-hook 'LaTeX-mode-hook #'tl-latex-mode-hook)

    (defun tl-latex-mode-hook ()
      (add-to-list 'TeX-command-list
                   '("XeLaTeX" "%`xelatex%(mode)%' %t" TeX-run-TeX nil t))
      (setq TeX-command-default
            (save-excursion
              (save-restriction
                (widen)
                (goto-char (point-min))
                (let ((re (concat "^\\s-*\\\\usepackage\\(?:\\[.*\\]\\)?"
                                  "{.*\\<\\(?:font\\|math\\)spec\\>.*}")))
                  (save-match-data
                    (if (re-search-forward re 3000 t)
                        "XeLaTeX"
                      "LaTeX"))))))
      (auto-fill-mode 1)
      (outline-minor-mode 1)
      (abbrev-mode 1)
      (setq fill-column 72))